2003–04 New York Rangers season

New York Rangers
2003–04 New York Rangers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	13th Eastern
2003–04 record	27–40–7–8
Home record	13–21–3–4
Road record	14–19–4–4
Goals for	206
Goals against	250
	Team information
General Manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Glen Sather; Tom Renney
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Brian Leetch (Oct-Mar); Jaromir Jagr (Mar-Apr); Eric Lindros
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,073 (99.3%)
	Team leaders
Goals	Bobby Holik (25)
Assists	Bobby Holik (31)
Points	Bobby Holik (56)
Penalties in minutes	Matthew Barnaby (120)
Wins	Mike Dunham (16)
Goals against average	Jussi Markkanen (2.56)
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The 2003–04 New York Rangers season was disappointing for the Rangers; despite having the highest payroll in the league at over $69 million, the team finished towards the bottom of the standings. In January 2004 the Rangers acquired superstar Jaromir Jagr from the Washington Capitals at a discounted salary, but little improvement was made, so the Rangers began a "rebuilding" process. Alexei Kovalev, Martin Rucinsky, Matthew Barnaby, Petr Nedved, and Jussi Markkanen were all eventually traded, in March they traded long-time defenseman Brian Leetch to the Toronto Maple Leafs for prospects, and Eric Lindros left as a free agent at season's end.

This would also be Mark Messier's final season of professional hockey.

Contents:	Regular season —Playoffs —Player stats —Awards and records— Transactions Roster — Draft picks — Farm teams — See also — References

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Final standings

**Atlantic Division**
Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Philadelphia Flyers	82	40	21	15	6	229	186	101
New Jersey Devils	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
New York Islanders	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
New York Rangers	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

[edit] Game log

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	Oct 10, 2003	3–5	@ Minnesota Wild	0–1–0–0
2	L	Oct 11, 2003	0–5	@ Columbus Blue Jackets	0–2–0–0
3	T	Oct 16, 2003	0–0 OT	Atlanta Thrashers	0–2–1–0
4	T	Oct 18, 2003	2–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes	0–2–2–0
5	W	Oct 20, 2003	3–1	Florida Panthers	1–2–2–0
6	W	Oct 25, 2003	3–1	Detroit Red Wings	2–2–2–0
7	L	Oct 28, 2003	1–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	2–3–2–0
8	W	Oct 30, 2003	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes	3–3–2–0
9	W	Nov 1, 2003	5–1	@ Montreal Canadiens	4–3–2–0
10	L	Nov 2, 2003	2–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche	4–3–2–1
11	W	Nov 4, 2003	3–0	Dallas Stars	5–3–2–1
12	L	Nov 6, 2003	3–6	@ Carolina Hurricanes	5–4–2–1
13	L	Nov 8, 2003	1–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	5–4–2–2
14	L	Nov 10, 2003	4–5	Edmonton Oilers	5–5–2–2
15	W	Nov 12, 2003	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	6–5–2–2
16	L	Nov 15, 2003	0–5	@ New Jersey Devils	6–6–2–2
17	T	Nov 16, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks	6–6–3–2
18	T	Nov 18, 2003	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks	6–6–4–2
19	L	Nov 20, 2003	3–4	@ Colorado Avalanche	6–7–4–2
20	W	Nov 23, 2003	6–2	Ottawa Senators	7–7–4–2
21	W	Nov 25, 2003	2–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	8–7–4–2
22	T	Nov 26, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers	8–7–5–2
23	W	Nov 28, 2003	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	9–7–5–2
24	L	Nov 30, 2003	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs	9–8–5–2
25	L	Dec 2, 2003	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	9–9–5–2
26	W	Dec 4, 2003	4–2	@ New York Islanders	10–9–5–2
27	L	Dec 7, 2003	2–3	Tampa Bay Lightning	10–10–5–2
28	L	Dec 10, 2003	1–2	Montreal Canadiens	10–11–5–2
29	W	Dec 12, 2003	3–1	@ Buffalo Sabres	11–11–5–2
30	L	Dec 13, 2003	1–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	11–12–5–2
31	W	Dec 18, 2003	4–3	New York Islanders	12–12–5–2
32	L	Dec 20, 2003	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators	12–13–5–2
33	W	Dec 22, 2003	4–2	Boston Bruins	13–13–5–2
34	L	Dec 26, 2003	5–6 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	13–13–5–3
35	W	Dec 29, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes	14–13–5–3
36	W	Dec 30, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings	15–13–5–3
37	L	Jan 1, 2004	4–5	@ St. Louis Blues	15–14–5–3
38	W	Jan 3, 2004	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	16–14–5–3
39	L	Jan 5, 2004	0–5	Calgary Flames	16–15–5–3
40	L	Jan 8, 2004	2–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes	16–16–5–3
41	W	Jan 10, 2004	3–2	@ New York Islanders	17–16–5–3
42	L	Jan 11, 2004	1–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning	17–16–5–4
43	W	Jan 13, 2004	4–1	New York Islanders	18–16–5–4
44	T	Jan 15, 2004	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils	18–16–6–4
45	T	Jan 17, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens	18–16–7–4
46	L	Jan 19, 2004	2–5	@ Boston Bruins	18–17–7–4
47	L	Jan 20, 2004	1–4	Boston Bruins	18–18–7–4
48	L	Jan 22, 2004	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers	18–19–7–4
49	L	Jan 24, 2004	1–9	@ Ottawa Senators	18–20–7–4
50	W	Jan 26, 2004	5–2	Florida Panthers	19–20–7–4
51	L	Jan 28, 2004	1–2	Washington Capitals	19–21–7–4
52	L	Jan 30, 2004	1–3	Buffalo Sabres	19–22–7–4
53	L	Jan 31, 2004	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres	19–23–7–4
54	W	Feb 2, 2004	4–3	Vancouver Canucks	20–23–7–4
55	L	Feb 4, 2004	3–4	Minnesota Wild	20–24–7–4
56	W	Feb 11, 2004	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils	21–24–7–4
57	L	Feb 12, 2004	1–2	Philadelphia Flyers	21–25–7–4
58	L	Feb 14, 2004	2–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers	21–26–7–4
59	L	Feb 16, 2004	1–4	Ottawa Senators	21–27–7–4
60	W	Feb 19, 2004	6–2	New York Islanders	22–27–7–4
61	L	Feb 21, 2004	3–7	New Jersey Devils	22–28–7–4
62	L	Feb 23, 2004	1–4	Montreal Canadiens	22–29–7–4
63	W	Feb 26, 2004	6–3	@ New York Islanders	23–29–7–4
64	L	Feb 28, 2004	1–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators	23–29–7–5
65	L	Feb 29, 2004	2–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers	23–30–7–5
66	L	Mar 2, 2004	3–4	Atlanta Thrashers	23–31–7–5
67	L	Mar 4, 2004	1–3	@ Boston Bruins	23–32–7–5
68	W	Mar 5, 2004	3–2	Washington Capitals	24–32–7–5
69	L	Mar 7, 2004	4–7	Pittsburgh Penguins	24–33–7–5
70	W	Mar 9, 2004	2–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers	25–33–7–5
71	L	Mar 12, 2004	2–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	25–34–7–5
72	L	Mar 13, 2004	2–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers	25–34–7–6
73	L	Mar 15, 2004	1–3	New Jersey Devils	25–35–7–6
74	L	Mar 18, 2004	3–4 OT	@ Washington Capitals	25–35–7–7
75	L	Mar 20, 2004	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers	25–36–7–7
76	L	Mar 21, 2004	3–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	25–36–7–8
77	L	Mar 23, 2004	2–5	Pittsburgh Penguins	25–37–7–8
78	L	Mar 25, 2004	2–4	Nashville Predators	25–38–7–8
79	W	Mar 27, 2004	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers	26–38–7–8
80	L	Mar 30, 2004	0–5	@ New Jersey Devils	26–39–7–8
81	L	Mar 31, 2004	3–4	Buffalo Sabres	26–40–7–8
82	W	Apr 3, 2004	3–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals	27–40–7–8

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Skaters

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Bobby Holik	82	25	31	56	+4	96	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Messier	76	18	25	43	+3	42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alexei Kovalev	66	13	29	42	-5	54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Martin Rucinsky	69	13	29	42	+13	62	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Leetch	57	13	23	36	-5	24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matthew Barnaby	69	12	20	32	+15	120	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Lindros	39	10	22	32	+7	60	-	-	-	-	-	-
Petr Nedved	65	14	17	31	-9	42	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaromir Jagr	31	15	14	29	-1	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jan Hlavac	72	5	21	26	-8	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Poti	67	10	14	24	-1	47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Simon	65	14	9	23	+14	225	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vladimir Malakhov	56	3	15	18	-5	53	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anson Carter	43	10	7	17	-12	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Boris Mironov	75	3	13	16	+1	86	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greg de Vries	53	3	12	15	+12	37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darius Kasparaitis	44	1	9	10	+11	48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Lundmark	56	2	8	10	-8	33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Bouchard	28	1	7	8	+2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dan LaCouture	59	5	2	7	-13	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fedor Tyutin	25	2	5	7	-4	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jed Ortmeyer	58	2	4	6	-10	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Josh Green	14	3	2	5	0	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jozef Balej	13	1	4	5	0	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karel Rachunek	12	1	3	4	-9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thomas Pock	6	2	2	4	-4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominic Moore	5	0	3	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dale Purinton	40	1	1	2	-9	117	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris McAllister	12	0	1	1	-4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sandy McCarthy	13	1	0	1	-8	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cory Larose	7	0	1	1	-2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chad Wiseman	4	1	0	1	-1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Garth Murray	20	1	0	1	-5	24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamie Pushor	7	0	0	0	-3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pascal Rheaume	17	0	0	0	-3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Healey	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Scott	5	0	0	0	0	23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ken Gernander	2	0	0	0	-1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Benoit Dusablon	3	0	0	0	-1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bryce Lampman	8	0	0	0	-4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Siklenka	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lawrence Nycholat	9	0	0	0	-2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason MacDonald	4	0	0	0	-1	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Layne Ulmer	1	0	0	0	-1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Goaltenders

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Mike Dunham	57	3148	16	30	6	159	2	.896	3.03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jussi Markkanen	26	1244	8	12	1	53	2	.913	2.56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason LaBarbera	4	198	4	1	2	16	0	.824	4.84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamie McLennan	4	243	1	3	0	12	0	.876	2.96	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephen Valiquette	2	119	1	1	0	6	0	.915	3.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Awards and records

Lester Patrick Trophy: John Davidson

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Draft picks

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New York Rangers' draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Hugh Jessiman	Right Wing	United States	Dartmouth College (NCAA)
2	50	Ivan Baranka	Defense	Slovakia	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
5	149	Nigel Dawes	Left Wing	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
6	180	Chris Holt	Goaltender	Canada	University of Nebraska at Omaha (NCAA)